The Veteran's claim for service connection for coronary artery disease was granted with an effective date of July 30, 2012.,The Veteran's claim for service connection for lung cancer was granted with an effective date of June 21, 2012.
The deciding factor: Both claims were granted based on the receipt of a valid application after the applicable one-year period without appeal or new and material evidence.
- Claimed conditions
- coronary artery disease, lung cancer
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 11, 2019
- Citation
- A19000286
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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